Sunday, March 2, 2008

Xaphoon Connect

My first post of 2008 and its not even about ukulele's ;)

I recently stumbled across the Xaphoon . A Xaphoon looks a little like recorder but uses a reed on the mouthpiece. The sound is described as somewhere between a tenor saxophone and a clarinet. Here's a couple of youtube links :-SummertimeHow a Xaphoon is made

What appeals to me about it is similar to why the ukulele appeals to me, its small, portable and relatively inexpensive and most importantly it looks to be a whole lot of fun. I may add that I don't have one of these yet, but I'm seriously thinking about it ;) You see my singing stinks and I'm thinking that this instrument will compliment my ukulele playing, of course I'll have to record multiple tracks, but that will be fun also.

The main reason to this post is to advertise a new forum I've set up for sharing information on the Xaphoon, I couldn't find any myself and I know how valuable such forums have been to me in learning the ukulele. The new forum is called Xaphoon Connect http://xaphoonconnect.x.am if you have anything to add please go and check it out, it needs posts :)

Just a quick edit. I've disabled Xaphoon Connect because the official forum at Xaphoon.com has now come back online and added a number of categories. Having another forum that was so similar would have been just confusing :)

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Hey,I've been getting plugs from "The Best Little Harp House", an online harmonica store about the pocket sax. As a former clarinet player, I've thought it looked interesting and portable like my uke and harps. I finally decided that my current instrumental lineup is plenty satisfying. Besides, I can't imagine a wife liking something advertised as "louder than it looks". Good luck with your new musical adventures. Looks like a plenty fun little horn.Ukulele Dick::==( o )